timmus
A2OC Donor
I didn't take photos of every bit of work I did, but here are a few iPhone snaps from the work done on some of the many A2s of the Birchall household, as covered by Steve in this post... http://www.a2oc.net/forum/showthread.php?28729-Today-I&p=245200#post245200
To Steve's wife's TDI90, I added DIS, cruise control and a 4-spoke multifunction steering wheel...
This photo shows the steering column after I've added the necessary wiring for all three optional extras on top of the standard wiring for the indicators, windscreen wiper controls, etc. If you're struggling to tell the difference between Audi's work and mine, that's what I want!
This photo shows everything being put back together again. The upgraded stalks with controls for cruise and DIS are in place and everything is neatly routed and connected. Wherever possible, I use wires of the same colours as used at factory.
Everything is now all back together. There are 12 new controls in total: 3 on the indicator stalk for cruise, 6 on the steering wheel and 3 on the wiper stalk for DIS. The larger DIS screen between the dials shows all manner of useful information.
As above, viewed from the side.
Heated seats were added to Steve's grandson's TDI. I make all my own wiring looms no matter which optional extras I'm adding. Ready-made aftermarket looms don't exist for a majority of A2 optional extras and so have to be custom made, but the looms that are available are often too vague and tatty for my liking. This applies to heated seat looms in particular.
I find doing this sort of transformative work incredibly satisfying. I hope this post has proved interesting.
Cheers,
Tom
To Steve's wife's TDI90, I added DIS, cruise control and a 4-spoke multifunction steering wheel...
This photo shows the steering column after I've added the necessary wiring for all three optional extras on top of the standard wiring for the indicators, windscreen wiper controls, etc. If you're struggling to tell the difference between Audi's work and mine, that's what I want!
This photo shows everything being put back together again. The upgraded stalks with controls for cruise and DIS are in place and everything is neatly routed and connected. Wherever possible, I use wires of the same colours as used at factory.
Everything is now all back together. There are 12 new controls in total: 3 on the indicator stalk for cruise, 6 on the steering wheel and 3 on the wiper stalk for DIS. The larger DIS screen between the dials shows all manner of useful information.
As above, viewed from the side.
Heated seats were added to Steve's grandson's TDI. I make all my own wiring looms no matter which optional extras I'm adding. Ready-made aftermarket looms don't exist for a majority of A2 optional extras and so have to be custom made, but the looms that are available are often too vague and tatty for my liking. This applies to heated seat looms in particular.
I find doing this sort of transformative work incredibly satisfying. I hope this post has proved interesting.
Cheers,
Tom
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